In a beautiful Brooklyn apartment, the weekend transpires placidly for a New York couple: Eleanor and Frank, two successful professionals who believe they have achieved emotional balancewith what is, for both of them, their second marriage. On Sundays they tend to get together with a sophisticated circle of friends, and on this particularevening they are hosting a dinnerin honor of a famous actorfriend who they haven't seen in awhile. Guests arrive and incorporate themselves quite naturally into the dinner preparations; the conversation is lively, the atmosphere is jovial. But when the friends leave and the couple is left alone, the tension that has been building over the past few hours comes to a head and threatens the stability in their relationship."En un esplendido apartamento de Brooklyn, el fin de semana transcurre placidamente para una pareja neoyorquina: Eleanor y Frank, dos profesionales de exito que creen haber logrado el equilibrio emocional en el que para ambos es su segundo matrimonio. Los domingos se suelen reunir con un sofisticado circulo de amistades y ese dia preparan en casa una cena en honor de un amigo, actor de moda, al que llevan tiempo sin ver. Los invitados van llegando e incorporandose con naturalidad a los preparativos de la cena; la conversacion es animada, el ambiente jovial. Pero cuando los amigos se marchan y la pareja se queda a solas, las tensiones que han ido surgiendo en las ultimas horas salen a la luz amenazando la estabilidad de su relacion. ""